This week, Matthew Petschl, garage survivor extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad begin with Matt's run in with a small military base, Ryan's TWiT brick and the iPad Special. Then Western Digital buys out Hitachi, sells out to Toshiba while Ivy Bridge benchmarks are revealed, a new marketing campaign from Virgin Mobile by Brandson begins, a cheap Sprint phone, Dropbox updates, potential iPad build costs, and more!
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TWiT Brick House Bricks Set 1 by John SlaninaA Friendlier Cellphone BrandSprint: ZTE FuryT-Mobile executive: Key to fixing industry is removing device subsidiesNew 4G iPad seen costing $310 to make, lowering marginsWestern Digital-Hitachi: Consolidating Hard Disk IndustryWestern Digital completes $4.8b Hitachi GST buyout, becomes world's largest HDD manufacturerFTC to Require Western Digital to Sell off Assets in AcquisitionToshiba to acquire Western Digital's 3.5-inch HDD manufacturing equipmentIntel Ivy Bridge benched early, shows huge leap in graphicsUptimeUptimeNext Xbox to lose the disc drive, says MCVUbuntu 12.04 WikiWine FAQSlashGear: Raspberry Pi delays